:O :D

I love it!

Thank you for sharing!

Both of these PVs may just make up for the horrible covers! :D

The covers aren't that bad.

The PVs are fantastic. If Kazuyoshi directed them, I'm gonna slap someone though because he actually did something right [!?]. Unlikely imo though.

Sunset was so amazing! :love
Im looking forward to the PVs, it seems so interesting!

:heart :heart :heart

Sunset sounds awesome, and the PV.. omg I love it.
Sunrise reminds me Hashire! Lol but Sunrise is better :yes


The fugly covers hides these goods PV T_T what a shame. <- omg drama llama

thank you for the link

the PVs are very good from what I could see in the cm

can't wait to get my copy

I dunno, is the cover really that important? Haha. Usually they have a TV playing the PVs next to the singles, so.. it shouldn't be that much of an issue. I mean, would you buy a crappy song/PV if it had a gorgeous cover?

thanks for sharing

Package is important for selling. A product can be really good but if it's inside a dirty and smelly box no one buying it lol.

I hate drama around covers btw.
Covers are awesome for you? Ok personaly opinion but please stop complain about this.

The PV's weren't impressive. But at least the scenery is nice?

Sunrise is still a bit iffy, but Sunset didn't get any screen time. So I can't judge that song yet.

woo!
 

SO EXCITED! <3
Ahh!!

Covers aren't awesome for me at all, but people think that people won't buy them just because they're not that good.. but that's ludicrous. People buy the single for the songs/PVs, haha.

Am I the only one who thinks that Sunset (the second one) sounds like a slower Sunrise? I'm unsure...

It IS a slower Sunrise.. that's kind of the point.

lol that's exactly what it is. she meant for it to be like that

Don't compare Kuu and Ayu! xD
No, i'm jking... :)
Hashire has more rock.
Sunrise is more pop!

Ohhh... sorry. xD
I didn't realize that!
Thanks though. (:

Thank you!!

Sunrise is bleh. But I have to admit, Sunset sounds amazing and Ayu looks awesome in it too!!

Sunset just sounds like Sunrise sang slower :S

Yeah, exactly.. haha.

There are different lyrics though. The choruses are probably the most alike one another though, wwwwww.

Packaging is still an important part of marketing the product... Not every Ayumi fan is a "die-hard" so things like the cover can make it or break it for them.

Especially since buying CDs and CD+DVDs is kind of becoming old, it would be even more important because the physical product is what the customer is realy investing in, which could be around 800 YEN.

wow. im loving sunset. pvs are both beautiful.

Oh.. I totaly like that she do the same song in fast and slow. And also the video.
Can't wait to see it full.

Yay, someone who shares my sentiments!

I like the previews, but I was hoping for a dance =x..

i agree :yes
Sunrise is awful (imo), so i'm glad that Sunset sounds alright so far.
and the PV's look better than all the horrible PV's on NEXT LEVEL :)

Sunrise is an incredible summer track imo. Anyone who isn't immediately uplifted by the melody/arrangement/vocals/whatever probably isn't in the summer mood or isn't feeling well, haha.

I'd have to say that I'll probably remember these PVs for a while.. hello, CD+DVD version.. prepare to be played a jillion times~

Sunrise cool as always....Can not WAIT for Sunset~~~~...It was so cool when I heard the same song, just different...xD

I totally agree with you LOL! However, let's leave other people's opinions alone shall we. =P

As for the PVs I'm stunned by her eyes in sunset. I can't wait to see it and I agree, I think these can be visually beautiful PVs. I also appreciate her dancer when they're actually dancing, because they do a great job and they're actually really good jazz dancers.

Ooh, nice. I wasn't sure how Sunset would play out as a slow song but it sounds really pretty so far. PVs kinda leave much to be desired but I'll take a final judgment of that once the full things are out.

The PV for both are so freakin amazing! I was completely floored (being that her recent PVs havent been all that spectacular). Although...I wish the covers were better still....

Yet another dancing-in-a-tropical-location PV, but WHOA that is one awesome-looking structure.

I like it. Much like Koda's "yume no uta/futari de...", but it's a lot more different. :)

whoever did the camera works is really good! There weren't any in-your-face scenes, and the swirling around isn't as annoying as some of her TV lives 0__0 After the recent PVs, I'm just really glad we have simple and decent ones to watch.

sunset is same a sunrise no?

sunset/sunrise i love two song

No, the lyrics are different. They're like different songs.. one's an answer to the other.

i have to see the full PVs to judge. this single doesn't looks bad after all, i'm totally addicted to Sunrise and Sunset looks a beautiful ballad :heart

I don't know why....but something tells me that you just...might...like...the song sunset. Don't know what it is, but something is telling me that.

also its up to the mega mix to save the single now.

Eh? You don't have to be a die-hard to buy a single for the music, jeez, haha.

*.* I LOVE the previews! Both PV's look like they will be awesome~

The previews look awesome *o*

Hopefully the PVs turn out great~

thanks O.o

Oh man...I'm loving the PVs from the clips alone...Sunrise just looks so lively :)

i still hate sunrise.. PV is meh.. let's see the full version..
at least sunset is better..

wow... Sunset is the slow version of Sunrise

To quote Ayu from ViVi a few weeks[?] ago:

I think we should all know that Sunrise & Sunset = same melody, different arrangements, different styles, different genres, different moods and slightly differently lyrics. :yes Don't be surprised anymore!

Anyway, the dancing in Sunset kinda reminds me of fairyland, with the sash or whatever on the dancers' hands... and I like how I only see Shu-ya, Subaru & ZIN on Sunrise on the same stage/platform with Ayu. :P

Hmm...looks okk so far.

Sunset sounds very promising, however. I cant wait to hear it.

I think you've said that just about as many times as I have sayd they're $h*ttastic.

^I don't think people are like that at all :shrug

If something sucks and it was directed by someone they like, people'd probably call it a fluke.

For example, I love CMJK, but I hate his arrangements for NEXT LEVEL. Same thing with HAL and Sunset.

If Kazuyoshi does something good, I think we'll all say it's awesome. But that doesn't mean that there aren't going to be people scrutinizing every little thing with the video, negative or not, and it doesn't mean that they aren't going to blame him for them.

I doubt this video will be perfect or something...and, I'm pretty sure there's going to be a fair share of people who dislike it.

edit:Going back and seeing some of the things people have written though, about how Kazu just CANT have directed it...I definitely see why the talk about directors is annoying. Ruling out Kazu is ridiculous kind of ridiculous.
Doesn't mean the ballad has to be boring and uninspired. There are many types of ballads, and seeing as how she's experimented with a bunch of them...I guess I just expected something a little more impressive.

Especially since I wanted Sunset to be my redeeming factor for the single. But oh well, those are kinda just my hang ups. I'm glad people have mostly a positive opinion about it though, and that they generally seem to like it.

Perhaps, but I still think that the arrangement makes it boring. I think there's plenty of connection seeing as how they have the same melody.

But it is a summer single, and Ayu has been liking her medium ballads, I suppose she just loves this song.

I personally, like I said, would have liked something more interesting.


And yeah...sometimes I can't believe people say the things they do. With no evidence or anything. Tis rude imo.

Well, the cinematography just makes too much sense for him to have done it, haha. Takahide is much better at it, hohoho~

^HAL hasn't been confirmed for Sunset (or have they??)
Oh and just to clarify one more time
THE DIRECTOR ISN'T THE SAME PERSON AS THE CINEMATOGRAPHER


thank you. :)

^ But in order to be a good director, one has to have a good knowledge of cinematography. Its often the director and cinematographer together who decides the shots. (and sometimes they are the same person) None of Kazuyoshi's previous PVs really have much good in terms of cinematography.

^True but I'm just saying, can't blame it all on the man. And frankly Green's cinematography was fantastic. Very cinematic, it look like an actual film, rich and with depth, but I guess thats all up to ones own opinion/taste. I have a problem with the editing, like sparkle had good editing in some part but for the most part was stuck with boring shots when it should have used cuts and flashes. Now granted its the same situation, they aren't necessarily the same person but the director can decide and forsee.

Just as I thought, Sunset turned out so nice when slow! ^^ I really want this single!

Generally, the person sitting right behind the camera is the director for music videos, right? Do they even have separate people as cinematographers for simple things like PVs?

^They may or may not. Bear in mind, Ayu's PVs aren't really the simpiliest or lowest budget ones out there. ;) And TBH while a director should have knowledge of cinematography, a director isn't always gonna know the deep down specifics, like the director may know what kind of look he wants but won't necissarily know how exactly to achieve it. The cinematographer knows what film stock, lights/gels/lens/filters/materials, etc. needed to achieve the specific look. Again, a director could know this but not always.
I think some people are confusing what a director and cinematographer is. Like they have two complete different jobs, whether they are the same person or not.
Although isn't Ayu ultimatetly the director of her Pvs? ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinematographer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_director

It's actually interesting because, it's sort of improbable that after all these years of making PVs, Ayu would have no knowledge of directing, etc.

So it's interesting that her PVs are coming out these certain ways. I really wonder how much say she has.

^She has all the say imo this is the Ayumi Hamasaki we're talking about. I mean this is a woman who has a double to make sure eveything looks as it should. If anyone made decisions for her that she didn't want, she'd drop their ass faster than anything. Now, its not necissarily her fault that her pVs/covers aren't the best (I actually don't have a problem with her PVs and really her covers either, just didn't like Sunset) but still...
And she definitely has a part in directing her PVS. If you watch the making of Rule, you can see her instructing the actors being filmed when shes not on screen. And like I said, she has a double for everything.

Awessssssssssssssoome OMG!!!!!
sugooi neee...kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Aww, Poroko needs a starring role in a PV one day, haha. [as a double, she should get some face time.. unless she doesn't want that..]

I think that's what most of the directors do in her making-ofs, right?

^Not necissarily but maybe in PVs. I mean in film no, but PVs maybe. But Ayu usually has a big staff, which means she could have a seperate director and cinematographer. the director may know he wants a certain look, but the cinematagrapher actually knows which materials to pick to present to the director.

SUNSET!!!! I like it!! I like the PV...!! It's cool!!

OMG!!! the mv's are soooo good!

someone told me that they already have Sunrise's pv :(

but the ones that have it wont share it? xD

They probably can't share it since it's on their cellphones. No one wants a video taped cell phone capture.. haha.

Just wait for them to come out on their own~

yeah, I used to believe that too.

The double doesnt really prove anything.

And the thing is, is that there are things Ayu would trust to others, like directing. She can't do everything herself, and I'm fairly certain that she's not the one coming up with every idea in her PVs.

Of course she has final say, but, it really comes down to what she actually questions and what she doesnt, and what she actually decides, and what she just goes along with because she thinks it's good.

Well... Sunrise is listed on SSTV and I read~~.... Wataru Takeishi! :D
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...karusright.jpg

P.S. Shimomura only shot the covers, not the PV! KThxBai! :D

I KNEW ITTT

*pat pat* I had that gut feeling too. :D

Alright, cool.

Hopefully, it's good.

Takeishi did direct some of Ayu's best PV's.

Well, considering he did basically half of her entire PV collection [pre-& I think], I'd say he's done most of them, haha.

Oh, Wataru~

I trust Wataru a lot more than I trust the other guy lol

thanks for the info ^^

omg it's Wataru!!! :heart

lets hope the PV will be good :)

I am so excited!!!! I almost foamed at the mouth at the commercial, and teared up a bit in happiness knowing that wataru is directing that new PV ahaha :laugh

Oh great! Then the full pv has a low chance to get ruined :D
I love wataru, one of the best PV producers!

Yaaaaaaaaaay Wataru aI luv u!!!!

haha... for boring PVs, these actually look good :P

yesssssss that explains it...THANK GOODNESS..THANK GOODNESS

LOL lets hope is not too Humming 7/2938020398 D:

anyway, glad its Wataru again :D

Wataru-san!!! Wow I miss this guy works so much.~ (I'm talking about PVs though)

Anyway, I think that Sunrise will be just a fun fun and fun PV. I miss the depth ayu used to have in her PVs.

And...I don't really like Sunset that much. I shouldn't have expected any powerful or more creative ballad in the first place.

This clip is still a short preview, so...I will just wait and see.

If someone awesome is doing the next single's PVs, we should bet on it.. summer singles never seem to have deep PVs anyway, haha. alterna is a HUGE exception, as is ourselves.

I really like it!! thanks!

I think the PVs look really nice! I liked especially the preview of Sunrise's PV, she looks realy beautiful and happy there. I actually like her hair, it looks funny~ Sunset's PV looks so beautiful and so does the song. I like Sunrise more, though.

i LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hm, don't know if I like them.
Ayu looks good and it's a nice setting, but if that's all they're doing troughout the whole PVs... damn, that would be boring.
Sunrise doesn't sound that great to me. I'm already used to Sunrise, so Sunset sound really weird. o.O

I thought 'bout the same thing too... I've watched Humming 7/4 only a few times and that was enough for me.
However both looks very nice and idea itself is very interesting.

And Sunset sounds very lovely, I really like it. :love

if Wataru was the one that did HUMMING as well...then that probably explains hahaha...i do like how he captures the fun and liveliness in both songs...

Im sure people are so gonna crap out Sunset seeing how Sunrise is a singing PV...
i hope he brings out a twist...(but Wataru usually..doesnt lol)

What kind of twist would there be? Haha. Would Ayu transform into a tentacle monster and end the world as we know it? -loose reference-

I love the pv. But it's not very exciting.

oh my.. Sunset must be an awesome ballad!! Can't wait to see the full pv!

Omg About Time Ayu. I didn't like Kuu's summer single that much but this definately tops it. :love

sunset is a LOT better than that cheap sunrise, even though it sounds like a slowed down version of sunrise.

i like it, a lot :heart though it looks like the pv is about as cheap and sucky as the sunrise one

I think that Sunset could've definitely been called Sunrise "Hal's Mix 2009" It sounds so much like his past remixes from the preview!

it sounds pretty! i really like it, the only redeeming quality from this single for me, sadly :( but at least i have something to look forward to

i was thinking of that too, i loved those mixes so i'm probably going to love it. like i said before, if it's even half as good as sunrise i'll love it. :D